Highly efficient construction of large molecular cavity using 1,3-alternate tetraoxacalix[2]arene[2]triazine as a platform

Abstract

In the presence of K₂CO₃ in refluxing THF, dichloro-substituted tetraoxacalix[2]arene[2]triazine, a readily available macrocyclic compound from cyanuric acid chloride and benzyl 1,3-dihydroxybenzoate, underwent highly efficient nucleophilic displacement reactions with bis-nucleophilic reagents of different geometry, length and chirality in a 2+2 fashion to produce large and size-tunable cavity bis-tetraoxacalix[2]arene[2]triazines in good to excellent yields.